We need inspiration for some kid's menu items (no doubt that somewhere in the back of my head is Jon Stewart wryly holdip up Jimmy Dean's Pancake and Sausage on a stick). So today I'm working on the line and I'm hungry. I've just put out a family meal of pancakes, but that's not going to be enough. The sausage catches my eye. And I remember the bamboo skewers we have on the shelves along with my abortive attempts to make funnel cakes from pancake batter. Then the idea strikes. Sausage. Skewer. Dust with flour. Pancake batter. Fryer.

It's a breakfast corn dog with maple dipping sauce. And I can't help but think of Jimmy Dean as I eat each bite. And I feel a bit dirty.

But it's still good.